So much to catch you up on!

So it's been a wee minute since our last post, and as the title suggests - we have been very busy in class. Of course we have been working hard on our reading, writing and math, but we have also been lucky enough to have some fun activities outside of the classroom to support other areas of learning.

We met Jenny from the Mobile Library Bus. Jenny comes and visits us outside school a few times a term. Turns out some us already knew Jenny from Kindergarten, so it was a nice surprise to catch up with her.

Thank you to all the whanau who completed 'Library Card Forms' for us to return. We will be visiting the Bus on the last day of term and Jenny will have our new cards ready. If you would still like to sign up, we have more forms in class.

We can't wait to take home something interesting to read!

We finished up our swimming lessons for Term 1. Swimming everyday showed us we were able to make big changes to how we swim. We set small goals like we do in literacy and numeracy and were focused learners.

Some children began the term being nervous of the water, by the end of term they were lifting their legs and swimming with a noodle for support.

Other children were able to kick with a flutter board and by the end of term were kicking and practising 'rainbow arms'. We all made lots of progress.


Thank you again to Belinda, Deb and Liz. They were a big help in making sure our swimming lessons ran smoothly.

We have been also been practising our tennis moves with the Hot Shots Team. You can see Xavier above practising his backhand. We also learnt to use a forehand strike and to serve. We will continue to work on our small ball skills this term.











We visited the Life Education Van and meet the fabulous duo, Andrea and Harold the Giraffe. We learnt all about 'bucket filling' and being supportive of others. We even had a little bit of a dance party to celebrate!

Above: Busting our moves on Harold's dance floor!

Left: Bucket Filling, Right: Bucket dipping.
Ask a Room 17 student if you would like to know more information.

Arohanui 
Room Seventeen xx